Date: 2010-01-28 10:13 pm (UTC)

Many thanks for the kind words, unmerited though they might be.

I did read one small-press novel where the appalling grammar, the spelling errors and the typos in a curious way added to the effect of the text: it was a sort of road-movie/serial killer novel (I simplify hugely), and none of the characters were educational marvels. The chaotic nature of the text somehow conjured up the ambiance of their chaotic existences.

I reviewed the book somewhere, and the author (who proved to be a very nice guy) got in touch to assure me that this effect had been in no way deliberate on his part. Some of the errors were his; many more had been contributed by his "editor".
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